Principles Behind the Agile Manifesto

September 19, 2010

 

Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer
through early and continuous delivery
of valuable software.

Welcome changing requirements, even late in
development. Agile processes harness change for
the customer's competitive advantage.

Deliver working software frequently, from a
couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a
preference to the shorter timescale.

Business people and developers must work
together daily throughout the project.

Build projects around motivated individuals.
Give them the environment and support they need,
and trust them to get the job done.

The most efficient and effective method of
conveying information to and within a development
team is face-to-face conversation.

Working software is the primary measure of progress.

Agile processes promote sustainable development.
The sponsors, developers, and users should be able
to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.

Continuous attention to technical excellence
and good design enhances agility.

Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount
of work not done--is essential.

The best architectures, requirements, and designs
emerge from self-organizing teams.

At regular intervals, the team reflects on how
to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts
its behavior accordingly.

 

 

 

WiseStamp - Email Signature

September 19, 2010
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I thought this was quite amusing.  Just another clever html email signature tool you might say - but makes it easy for a normal person to put it together.  It can bring in your last tweet and last blog entry - along with some other social media choices - making it easy to spread your brand.   I would imagine businesses would like something like this for their email signature.  If you are an SEO guy - you migh...

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Johnny Bunko - The Last Career Guide You will Ever Need

September 19, 2010
If you are looking to reinvent yourself or just want to tune up your confidence and job hunting skills - you might check out this quick reading graphic novel about Johnny Bunko.  In the story Johnny learns what it takes to make a successful career.  It can be summarized in 6 lessons.
 
  • There is no plan
  • Think strengths not weaknesses
  • It's not about you
  • Persistence trumps talent
  • Make excellent mistakes
  • Leave an imprint.
The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need

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Social Media’s Critical Path: Relevance to Resonance to Significance

September 19, 2010

Before creating or distributing any social object, ask yourself a few important questions:

- What value am I introducing into the mix?

- What makes this object worthy of attention?

- What action do I want to inspire?

- How does this contribute to our standing within each community?

- How can I make this shareable?

content and image via briansolis.com

Brian Solis reminds us what goes into a social object among other things

 


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Dreaming Big and Outside the Box

September 19, 2010

My friend Gordon just said on Facebook that he is "Dreaming Big and Outside the Box". More of us need to do this. I have a small slew of near genius friends - but very few dream big. Its not like they are living lives of "quiet desperation" - but close to it.   Even the Zen Master gets tired of small pleasures.  Sometimes we have to break out of the box and do something that stretches us personally - which is my definition of "spiritual".

Sometimes we need to put on the big suit an...


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Gartner 2010 Hype Cycle for Enterprise Architecture

September 19, 2010

Recently Gartner released the 2010 Hype Cycle for Enterprise Architecture (EA).  It's an interesting report. I'm not sure if there are really any surprises here but it worth looking at the macro themes of the report. 

You can find additional resources here:

Gartner Enterpise Architecture Hype Cycle 2010 

Source: Gartner July 2010 

What the report reveals is a set of macro themes for En...


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POIG - Meetup on the Spur of the Moment

September 19, 2010

POIG is a great idea thats finally happened.   Have you ever wanted to just meetup with someone to grab a cup of coffee and talk about social business?  Or maybe you are having a hard time finding enough players for a pickup game of hoops?   You might try Poig.   The more friends you have the more the site makes sense.   Poig is not about RSVPing for a meetup or happening that wont be until next week.  Its something thats immediate.  The founder Joe Robinson said it was like a reverse Group...

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dlvr.it - You Publish. We Deliver

September 19, 2010

Deliver It! - can take any of your RSS feeds and route them to any number of social sites including Twitter, Linkedin, and Facebook.   You can filter, schedule and plan what goes out and where it goes.  This a well thought out tool that gets your material out into the social grid right away.  I can see small business using it to promote their business - by doing quick mini blog articles using Posterous or Tumblr.   Catch the wave at http://dlvr.it
 

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Photofunia - Lives up to its name

August 14, 2010
 

Photofunia is another free online photo editing site.  What is remarkable is not just the array of effects - but the use of face recognition technology.   Photofunia can extract a face from a photo image and then super-impose it into different situations - as putting your mug on a billboard.  I had crazy fun just playing with it.   I imposed my wife's face onto Lulu the dancing girl.  Give it a whirl at http://Photofunia.com

 

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SmarTweeter - Smart Tweets for Better SEO

August 10, 2010

 
SmarTweeter is a new tool to help small businesses promote themselves on the web.   SmartTweeter will create tweets out of every page on your website.   You can edit the twitter messages and can schedule the tweets to be sent out automatically - or you can do it manually any time you like.   You can optionally use avoo.net to shorten all your urls.   All you tweets can be saved as they go out into a Tweets Directory - giving you some extra link juice.   SmarTweeter makes social media obj...

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